The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press, 2010 M10 30 - 368 pages What binds together Louis Riel’s former secretary, a railroad inventor, a Montreal comedienne, an early proponent of Canada’s juvenile system and a prominent Canadian architect? Socialists, suffragists, musicians, artists—from 1898 to 1948, these and some 550 other individual Canadian Bahá’ís helped create a movement described as the second most widespread religion in the world. Using diaries, memoirs, official reports, private correspondence, newspapers, archives and interviews, Will C. van den Hoonaard has created the first historical account of Bahá’ís in Canada. In addition, The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 clearly depicts the dynamics and the struggles of a new religion in a new country. This is a story of modern spiritual heroes—people who changed the lives of others through their devotion to the Bahá’í ideals, in particular to the belief that the earth is one country and all of humankind are its citizens. Thirty-nine original photographs effectively depict persons and events influencing the growth of the Bahá’í movement in Canada. The Origins of the Bahá’í Community of Canada, 1898-1948 makes an original contribution to religious history in Canada and provides a major sociological reference tool, as well as a narrative history that can be used by scholars and Bahá’ís alike for many years to come. |
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... Canadian society and has derived sustenance from it. As elsewhere in the world, the Bahá'ís in Canada have travelled a long road to achieve legal recognition. Bahá'í marriage ceremonies are now legally recognized across Canada as a ...
... Canadian Bahá'ís; Paula Drewek's dissertation is on faith development among Bahá'ís in Canada and in India (defended in 1996 at the University of Ottawa). This lack of available documentation is reinforced by the scattered and ...
... Bahá'ís Canadian during Bahá'í the community. The following account demonstrates the seemingly chaotic nature of a new religion's early life in North America. The situation is analogous to seeds carried by the wind to unknown ...
... Canada's first Bahá'í group consisted of eighteen-year-old Edith Magee, her ... Bahá'ís were not asked to resign church membership, nor did they think it ... Canada, in London, Ontario, a little town . . . and a friend of ours—a Mrs ...
... Canada's first Bahá'í group in London, Ontario. The next chapter explores the first decade of Bahá'ís in Montreal, the anvil upon which depended so much of the later development of the Canadian Bahá'í community. Notes passengers. But in ...
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